Wheel for automobiles



Aug. 21 1923.

5. KA PLAN WHEEL FOR AUTOMOB LES Filed Oct. 25, 1921 4 Shee'ts-Sheet 1INVENTOR WITNESSES A TTORNE VS S. KAPLAN WHEEL POP. AUTOMOBILES Aug. 21,1923.

4 sheets-mien 2 Filed Oct. 25, 1921 I/Vl/ENTOR Samuel. Ka p10 0,

BY L

Aug. 21, 1923.

S. KAPLAN WHEEL FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Oct. 25 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 5INVENTOR Savnucl Kap Ian,

@m ATTORHEIS Aug 21, 1923. 1,465,715

S. KAPLAN WHEEL FC R AUTOMGBILES Filed on. 25/1921 v 4 Sheets-Sheet 4Patented Aug.2l, 1923.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL KAPLAN. 0F MONROE, LOUISIANA WHEEL FOR AUTOMOBILES.

To 06! whom ill-may concern..-

Be it known that l, SAMUEL Harms, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Monroe, in the parish of ()naehita and State of Louisiana,have invented c rtain new and useful Improvements in 'heels forAutomohiles. of which the, following is ii. spet'ilit'ution.

This invention relates to an improvement; in wheels for automobiles orother vehieles of the type including a demountable rim.

The object of the invention is to provide. a. wheel of this characterwhich is especially adapted to be organized with the conventional \vheelnow universally employed on automohiles or other vehicles, which is so('eatihle of ready and economical manufactule hy virtue of the Fact thatthe parts thtt reot' are in the main capable of being formed hystamping, pressing or similar inerha nit, a l process.

Another ohjert is to provide a wheel of this eharattter which is ofsimple and dura hle eonstruetion reliahle and convenient in operationand wherein the demountable rim is easily assemhled with anddisassemhled From the wheel while being securely or reteas-ably loekedin assemhly and the demountahle rim itself heingso constituted as topermit. of the removal or displacement of the tire without the neressitvof pln hiim the tire over the tire retainin; flanges.

Other ohjeets and advantages of the invention reside in rertain novelfeatures of eonstruetion. eomhination and arrangenu-ut of pa rts whiehwill he hereinafter.more l'ullv deserihed and particularly pointed outin the appended elaiiu. referenre living had to the aeroiupairringdrawings forming part of ll|ipeeilirution. and in \vhirh:

Figure l is a sideelevational vii-i. f a nooden ulu'el roustrurt d in:u- -ordau e ith the present invention:

Figure '2 is a plan view of the heel \\'|th the tire relnmed:

Figure l i an enlarged lr aguwutar \ieu' iurilar to Figure I:

Figure 4 is an enlarged l ragmeutarv t ieu' tll trout elmali itllibllillilliflli" 1!;lt'ljill Lf' ia L'l' up view Application filedOctober 25, 1921. Serial No. 510.275.

Wheel. the demountable rim I'BluuVBG Irom the fined wheel, and the tireretaining flange removed from the demountable rim;

Figure ct is a view in transverse section, on line 8-8 of Figure I;

Figure 9 is a detail perspective view of the operating tool or wrench;

Figure it) is a fragmentary view in elevatime showing a slightlymodified form;

Figure 11 is a view thereof in transverse section. on line. i1-1l ofFigure 10;

Figure 12 is an enlarged View, in frag- Itltlttul') elevation of anothermodified form; and

Figure 13 is a view thereof in section, on line 13-13 of Pi ule 12.

Referring to tie drawings wherein for the sake. of illustration is shownthe preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 1t] designatesgenerally a wooden Wheel of the type widely used on automohiles or othervehicles. It is to be understood howe er that the invention is alsoadapted to he embodied in other types of wheels. a t ter the mannershown in applications erial No. 484,922, tiled July 11, 1921; Serial No5()(i,Tt3t tiled October 10, 1921; Serial No. i -5,923. tiled July 11,1921; Serial No. M71813. tiled October 15, 1921, and in Patent No l ilhtl l, of July 5, 1921. of \\'l|lt'll the present application is animprovenieut The wheel eomprises a hub 11,.spokes 12 and a telly 13. Thefelly hand which is u ual]; employed in onjunetion with wheels of thisehararter is removed and in place thereof a fixed rim H is positioned onthe i'ellv and is serured in position hy means of radialli' t'\ltllllllfholts [5 or similar fastenin; llltilllr.

The hull rim i ronstrurttd of Iesilient Hiolzll and is proi ided with aeirrumferential h ulder It aimed its inner marginal edge e l[it'll isadapt d to ronstitute an abutment l t' illt ltlliOlt llil l rim. and inthe em l liliu-ht ul he inwntion shown in Figures 1 io It. an -louv rthe lived rim has :1. HI-

-l 'o rl 'i iil ri l IT proved upwardly thereu the houlder ltt A loekmpplat o l\l|=l iron: the outer marginal d. or llo' tini rim andpreferably is hm l 22w; with the lived rim. 'hen ltlilifllflii on itfilly tlllS lo -kin plate lies fl r itjf Wl l the uter lot-king are ofthe it t ld li angular interval ahout i! p ii ivri' he li\e|l rim H isrut to proflange 23 releasably secured to the base sec able rim ispressed to provide tapered lock till tion of the rim in a manner to behereinafter more fully described. The demountable rim is alsoconstructed of resilient metal and adjacent the outer edge thereof. thatis adjacent the tire retaining flange 23, the metal of the. base sectionof the rim is pressed to provide a circumferential rib 25 which cqactswith the rib 17 of the fixed rim to support the demountable rim on thefixed rim, the rib 17 extending upwardly and engaging the base sectionof the demountul 'e rim and the rib 2:) extending downwardly from thebase section and engaging the fixed rim. By providing the inner rib 17on the fixed rim and the outer rib 25 on the demountable rim theassembly on the demountable rim on the fixed rim is greatly facilitated.At spaced angular ingtervals, the base section ll of the demount lugs2'i'which are cooperable with the lock ing slots 19 of the fixed rim andwhich are adapted to be passed laterally through the entering sections19 of the locking slots and then rotated circumferentially into theivoted locking sections 19 of these slots in assembling the demountablerim on the fixed riml The entering sections 19 of the locking slots areof suliieient size to permit of the passage of the locking lugs 27therethrough and the locking sections If) are formed to correspond incontour with the lugs so as to enter into ellective locking engagementtherewith.

A locking-plate Zltl depends from the base Section 2i of thedeniountable rim and in the assembly is disposed in confronting relation with respect to the locking plate IQ of the fixed rim. and alocking plate 31 depends from the tire retaining flange 23 and in theassembly this locking plate ii lies flush against the locking plateIll).

Means is provided for releasably securing the removable tire retainingflange. 23 in assemhly with the demountahle rim. and this means coactswith locking plates Bill and 31. For this purpose the locking plate I!is formed with a series of openings or sol-hots 32 having enteringsections 32 and rrdured locking sections 32. and the lulhiilg plate 31carries a plurality of beaded llltllllll studs or buttons 33corresponding in non her and arrangement to the s t-h ls l the. lockingplate W. The lo-rrlrd tud r i l.

ing buttons 33 comprise shanks 33" suitably secured to the locking plateand heads 33 integralwith said shanks. In assembling the movable tireretaining flange with the demountable rim, the headed studs -theremovable tire retaining flange is releasably secured in assembly withthe demountable rim.

The locking plates 30 and 31 are provided with toothed portions or gearsegments, designated at 35 and 36, respectively, and

which are so related to each other that when the removable tireretaining flange is assembled with the demountable rim with its lockingabutments enga ed with the locking sections of the soc ets, the gearsegments and the teeth thereof are in alinement.

Means cooperable with the gear segments is provided for releasablylocking the removable tire retaining flange against circumferentialmovement with respect to the base section of the demountable rim and forlocking the demountable rim against circumferential movement on thefixed rim. This means includes a tubular casing or housing 40 secured tothe locking plate 18 and accommodated in the opening provided thereforein the felly. A carrier 41 is slidably arranged in the casing 40 andfrom one end thereof a bolt or locking pawl 42 extends, the boltoperating through an opening provided therefor in the locking plate 1and in locking position this bolt enters the spare between adjacentteeth of both the gear segments 35 and 36. A spring 43 is arranged inthe casing 40 and ooacts with the carrier to project the bolt 42.-Release arms 44 which connect with the carrier are arranged below andoffset therefrom so as to be disposed behind openings 45 and 46 providedin the flattened section 14 of the plate 18. P

.-\n operating tool or wrench, designated generally at 50. is providedand includes a shank M having a pinion 52 fixed there on and provided atits end beyond the pinion with areduced extension 53, a circular slopelement 55 being provided between the evicnsion 53 and the pinion. Thewrench only be utilized either to remove the tire rotuiuiilg flange '23from the dernountable rim leavin the rim on the wheel or to remove Ibo dniountnlile rim as an entity from the lived rim.

\Yhcn used to remove the flange 23 from llw ilemoiiutoble rim theextension 53 llll of the wrench is inserted in the opening 45 so thatthe extension 53 engages one of the release arms 54- and retracts thebolt 42 to such an extent that it no longer engages the teeth of thegear segment 36. The complete rrtrartion ol' the bolt is prevented bythe stop element 54 which engages the Hat section 11' of the plate 18and limits the'inward movement of the extension This stop element 54also serves to prevent the pinion 2 from engaging the gear segment 35although permitting it to mesh with the gear egment 3G in this position.Then when the erenrh is turned in the proper direction the remorahletire retaining flange is rotated 30 as to hring its locking buttons intoalinefment with the entering sections 32 of the soi-kets 5'. so as topermit lateral movement of the tire retaining flange and its readyremoval from the rim.

When it is desired to remove the demountalile rim'as an entity from therim. the extension 5:: of the wrenrh is inserted in the opening 4 1. ashown'in Figure 4, and at this time. the stop element :34 is rereived inthe recess/)1 depression 46-". the extension 53 engages the release arm44 to effect complete retraction of the holt and move itentirely out ofengagement avith hoth gear sections. .it the same time the pinion 52meshes with the teeth of the gear segments it: and'llti. 'lhns when the\vrenrh is turned in the proper direction the demountahle rim is movedvii-rnm'l'erentiallv with respect to the lixed rim so as to rotate thelocking lugs 27 out of the looking sertions l9 f-the lot-king slots andinto alinement with the. entering sections it) thereof. \Vhen thelurking lugs 27 of the demmmtahlo rim are alined with the nteringserlions of the slot. 19. the looking lugsmay he readily removedlati'l'all with respect to the wheel.

When the operating tool is thus used it automat'irally releases the loking merha uism and at the same time serves to actuate either theremorahlo tire retaining flange or the drmountahle rim through thedesired llll)\'(l]l(lli As soon as the operating tool is removed thespring 4-l at once-projerts the lurking holt and it th demonntahle rimand the flange are as emhled. the looking holt, is projerted into thespares hetween the te th of the gear i-gnu'nts to automatirally liu'h'these set-lions in assembled position.

In lieu of the spring projected holt 42 and as m'iuttul lot-king and'releasing mechanism the lor'ltillg means -hown in Figures 10 to l may heemployed. In the form or" this lot-hing moans shown in Figures It) andll, the lixwl rim is d ignated at 5 and is identii'al in all respertswith the 'lixr-d rim l t ext-opt that its-lor-ltin'g plate. designatedat it]. i provided with a hoss :37 which like the plate it. is apertnrrdand internally throaded to provide a threaded socket designated at 58.The demountable rim is designated generally at 59 and is identical inall respects with the demountao'lerim 58 except that its locking platedesignated attSO and 61 are provided with enlargements, designated at 62and 63, the enlargements having slightly elongated openings 64 providedtherein. A locking bolt 65 is provided and includes a shank 66 adaptedto be extended through the openings 64 of the lockin plates and 61 ofthe demountable rim an to have its threaded portion 67 engaged with theslot 58 of the plate 56, the head-68 of the bolt entering into clampingengagement with the outer face of the enlargement 63 of the plate 61. Inthis form of the inven tion the bolt must be removed before theoperating tool is utilized to move the retaining flange or thedemountable rim but in all other respects this embodiment is identicalwith the embodiment above described. In the form of the invention shownin Figures 12 and 13, the fixed rim is desig nated generally at 70 andincludes a circuml'erential shoulder 71 extending around its innermarginal edge and a locking plate 72 depending from its outer marginaledge, the lot-king plate heing provided adjacent the lixrd rim with anannular channel 72. The deimiuntahle rim is designated at 73 andinl'llltlt'S a hase section 74 having a pair of oiremnferentiallyextending ribs 75 pressed therefrom, a tixed tire retaining flange 76and a removahle tire retaining fiange 77. Lot-king plates designated atT8 and 79 are rarried ll V the base section 74 and the removahle tireretaining flange 17', respectively. In the assembly. the locking plate78 abuts aruund its lower edge against the locking plati- T2. Thelocking plate 72 is provided .with a hoss RH and the hosts and thelocking plate are hored and internally threaded to provide a threadedocket 91 which is alined with elongated openings 82 and 83 provided inthe looking plates 78 and Til. A locking holt R5 is provided and has itsshank 86 extending through the openings 82 and 83 and the threadedportion of RT of the shank engaged with the threaded sol'ket Bl. thehead 9*? of the holt engaging the outer fare of the plate 7!). in thisemhodiment of the invention the lo -king hoit is disposed immediatelyahore the gear segments whereas in the emhodiment shown in l igure.s l0and ll the lurking holt is disposed at a point slightly adjat'ent thegear segments. The operation of the emhodina'nt shown in Fig ares l2 and133 is prerisely the same as that llt\'t'l'lll((l in ronjunetion withthe emhodiim-nl shown in Figures l to it except that the holt lfmust heremoved to release the dc nmurilaldo rim and the tire retaining flangel'or rireurnl' 'rntial movement-i ln all emhodimenls of the inventionhammer lugs or hosses designated at 90 in Fig are l, at 92 in Figure 10and 93 in Figure 12 may be provided to facilitate the removal of thetire retaining flange.

In this manner the rim may be associated and removed with a minimumexpenditure of time and effort. When assembled, the rim is securely heldin position and at the same time it may be removed without requiring theexercise of any special skillor any special tool other than theoperating tool or wrench 50 which is provided as a part of theorganization.

I claim:

Ina wheel, a fixed rim havin a locking plate, a demountable rim inclu nga base section havinga locking plate and a removable tire retainingflange having a locking ocking plate of the base section for releasablysecuring the tire retaining flange against all except circumferentialmovement, and common locking mechanism cooperable with the lockin platesof the fixed rim and of the demounta le rim for securing the demountablerim andthe tireretaining flange against circumferential movementandincluding a locking bolt cooperable with the locking plates.

SAMUEL KAPLAN.

